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Game #20 – Sabres vs Hawks Preview – Out Of The Red

Matt McClure November 17, 2019 0

vs Game Time: 6:00PM CST TV/Radio: NBC Sports Chicago, ESPN+, WGN-AM 720 Bills Mafia: Die By The Blade What just a week and a half ago looked like it might be less exciting Sunday night counter-programming to The Beloved on the west coast has suddenly become a potentially fun matchup between

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Game #12: Kings 3, Hawks 3 – Kings Win Rodeo Clown Death Match

Rose Rankin November 3, 2019 0

After watching this game I had to sleep on it. And get an extra hour. There’s another one of these tonight, not to mention a Bears game, so let’s just get to it: Box Score Natural Stat Trick –The story was supposed to be Adam Boqvist‘s debut, so let’s address that right out of the […]

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Game #5 – Blue Jackets vs. Hawks – Far Behind

Matt McClure October 18, 2019 0

vs Game Time: 7:30PM CDT TV/Radio: NBC Sports Chicago, ESPN+, WGN-AM 720 Bring Back Craig Krenzel: The Cannon Tonight on West Madison the 7 game homestand rounds the turn and kicks into the final stretch, with four games in the next seven days starting with the visiting Blue Jackets, who have won their last two games, and currently […]

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Live From The Five Hole – Hole In The Earth

Matt McClure October 17, 2019 0

After the week long layoff, the Hawks finally have played at least enough games to pretend to have some thoughts regarding, so Fifth Feather John, Sam, and myself have things to tell everyone out there in podcast land. No subscription required, audio after the jump.

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What If Kirby Dach Were To Debut On The Wing?

Sam Fels October 16, 2019 0

Normally, I make a pretty awkward, and sometimes even grotesque, face when a player is moved from center to wing or vice versa. Perhaps it’s the PQSD (Post Quenneville Stress Disorder) and the memories of Patrick Kane or Andrew Shaw at center and the counter of Patrick Sharp or Teuvo Teravainen not. When you’ve been […]

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Atop The Sugar Pile – Week #1

Sam Fels October 15, 2019 0

Ok, so it was the second week but the Hawks only played one game in the first week so it’s the first week of the Sugar Pile and fuck you. That’s how we do things around here. The Dizzying Highs David Kampf – While Marcus Kruger‘s rep was at least a little tarnished by his years […]

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Maybe Magic Training Camp Takes A While To Have Effect

Sam Fels October 11, 2019 0

We joke a lot around here. Mostly it’s to keep from crying. It’s certainly better than thinking about anything you’ve seen seriously with this team the past couple seasons. Anyway, if you’re somewhat new or just missed it, we refer to “Magic Training Camp” because every excuse for the Hawks last year seemed to get […]

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Pictures of Matchstick Men – ’19–’20 Blackhawks Player Previews – Brandon Saad

John Pullega September 25, 2019 0

Few people hold Brandon Saad’s jock like I do. Today, I’m going to try something different. Rather than going all in on how THIS WILL BE THE YEAR THE REAL BRANDON SAAD APPEARS, I’m going to try to figure out where the latent angst about Saad exists, despite all the good he does on paper. […]

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Pictures of Matchstick Men – ’19-20 Player Previews: David Kampf

Rose Rankin September 19, 2019 0

David Kampf is not a sexy player in any sense of the word—not in the general sense of a flashy player nor in the actual definition, see picture above as evidence—but he’s one of the Hawks’ only options for a defensive-minded center. He’s undeniably a bottom-six guy, but if he can flourish in a third-line […]

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Pictures of Matchstick Men – ’19–’20 Blackhawks Player Previews – Ryan Carpenter

John Pullega September 17, 2019 0

We may forget his name. We may forget his point. But Ryan Carpenter is here, so here we go. 2018–19 Stats 68 GP – 5 G, 13 A, 18 P 58.77 CF% (3.9 CF% Rel), 56.6 oZS% 40.98 GF% (-16.27 Rel GF%), 56.99 xGF% (0.39 Rel xGF%) Avg. TOI 12:37 A Brief History: There’s been […]